> > >> In the example above, self.b is assigned the value of b, not Enum(b). And >> even if you called-- or gave the option to call-- func(*args, **kwargs) >> first, autoassign still wouldn't know that you want to modify the supplied >> parameter value. >> > > But you could just write `self.b = MyEnum(b)`, and it would overwrite the > auto-assigned `self.b = b`. >
I.... didn't think of that. In that case, though, you're assigning self.b twice. If it is a descriptor, that might not be desirable and result in all kinds of side effects. > The get_partial_namespace() method would basically be the same as > locals(), except: 1. the name bound to the object that called the function > is excluded (self) and 2. any other names that were not part of the call of > the function are excluded. > This sounds very similar to Steven's parameters() proposal. It might be; I'm being a bad interlocutor and jumping in without having read the entire discussion as thoroughly as I should. Apologies. --- Ricky. "I've never met a Kentucky man who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home." - Happy Chandler
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